ALTON ORGAN SOCIETY (Founded 1967) ♬♪𝄞 Updated Saturday 27 June 2026
Alton Organ Society's 2026/2027 Season of Organ Concerts
Organ Recitals Nationwide
We now take a break until the 2026/2027 Season which starts on Tuesday 6 October 2026 when David Hill makes a most welcome return to Alton. Click here to view the Season's line up of organists and/or download a copy of the flyer here. If you wish to renew or take out Season Membership (£84 for all eight organ concerts between October and May 2027 - equivalent to £10.50 per concert) click here to download and application form. Admission to each concert is £14.00. In the meantime do please view the lineup of organists who performed during the 2025/2026 Season.
In the meantime, organ music concerts will continue at St Lawrence Church with a couple of Lunchtime Organ Concerts given by local musicians. Click here for details and/or download a flyer here. The first concert given by resident St Lawrence Church organist, Will Nisbet, was a great success and popular with the 40 attendees. Will's programme can be viewed here. Will also accompanied Tony Willman (trumpet) playing two pieces by Handel. The concert was in association with the Jane Austen/Regency celebrations. At the conclusion of the concert, Pat Lerew, on behalf of the Regency organisers, paid tribute to the church, choir and organist both for this concert and the Regency choral evensong held on Sunday 25 June. Choral evensongs are sung at St Lawrence Church on the third Sunday of each month starting at 3.30 pm.
The next Lunchtime Organ Concert takes place on Thursday 17 September 2026 at 1.00 pm (refreshments from 1230) when double act Rob Goldfinch and Geoff Willis perform until the title "The Organists Entertain + Trumpets". Click here for details and download a flyer here.
Alton Organ Society Committee - New Members Welcome
The organ society committee is keen to attract new members to maintain the future success of Alton Organ Society as it approaches its 60th year. There are tasks that do not require organ playing skills but the ability to administer the running of the society. For instance, if you are interested and able to be a graphic designer - creating posters, designing programme formats etc - and, maybe good at running a website including updating on a regular basis to keep it fresh and interesting, we would like to hear from you. If you plan to attend any of the future organ concerts and would like to discuss these roles with committee members, please do approach one of us or contact us by email - click here.
David Hill MBE organist and International Choral Director, Patron of the Alton Organ Society and past President of the Royal College of Organists very kindly recorded a CD on the St Lawrence Church, Alton, organ to celebrate 55 years of the Organ Society existence and to raise funds for the restoration of the Speechly organ. The music was recorded by Herald AV Publications, a specialist recording company, in October 2022. The CD was launched at St Lawrence Church, Alton on Tuesday 4 October 2022. The CD costs £15 of which £3.00 of the purchase price will go towards the organ restoration fund. David's CD was reviewed by Choir & Organ Magazine and copies of that review and Graeme Kay's article on the Society can be seen here. The CD can be purchased from members of the Society Committee, from Resurrection Furniture in Alton and at the Society's Organ Concerts. For further details and purchase of a CD do use the contact page here.
There is an excellent website that lists national organ concerts (including those held in Alton) and can be viewed here. Please list altonorgansociety.co.uk & Organ Recitals Nationwide among your favourites.
